A trip to Africa would be incomplete without a visit to the seeming endless Serengeti. Said to be a major inspiration to the movie the Lion King, the Serengeti did not disappoint. Pride Rock The Serengeti means endless plain in Swahili and once you are in the park it’s easy to see to how it …
On our last visit to the beautiful island of Zanzibar, I spent a lot of my time under the waves while diving in Zanzibar. The island of Zanzibar itself was once a reef, and the main city in the town was called Stone Town from the use of coral as foundations for many of the …
Located near the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania is one of the most interesting places we have visited, the Ngorongoro crater. Millions of years ago, the crater was full of bubbling lava. Today the lava is gone, but all of the walls are intact, making it the largest volcanic caldera in the world. The …
Take a walk along the white sand beaches of Zanzibar. A two-hour boat ride off the shore of Tanzania lies the island of Zanzibar in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, Zanzibar beaches are some of the best in the world. The bright blue waters reminded me of Negril, Jamacia, and the bright white …
Most people have heard of the ‘Big 5’ which are the largest and most dangerous animals, but may not know this list. This is the 5 ugliest creatures roaming around the African continent. The Marabou Stork This bird reminded me of a crabby old bald guy, its head is featherless and the large beak help to put …
This wasn’t exactly on my bucket list, but in hindsight, maybe it should have been. Having a wild, full-size male lion take a leak on your safari vehicle sounds pretty badass, doesn’t it? Well, here’s how it happened. After an amazing few days in the Serengeti National Park, we drove down to the Ngorongoro Crater …
